Obesity Still Rising Among Americans

Kudos, fatsos.

"Obesity is still rising among Americans, according to figures from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, where data based on annual nationwide telephone surveys with more than 350,000 adults showed that between 2005 and 2007, the percentage who reported being obese went up from 23.9 to 25.6, a rise of nearly 2 per cent."

So?

"Obesity is a major risk factor for a number of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. These diseases can be very costly for states and the country as a whole.'"

BFD. Not a prob.

"Costly," only if we agree to pay for people's diseases of choice.

Which we should not.

Problem solved.

Here is the full report.

I would say "read it and weep," but more likely people who read it will snack.